grey_beard
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- Joined
- Jan 28, 2014
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- MBTI Type
- INTJ
- Enneagram
- 5w4
- Instinctual Variant
- sx/sp
I wonder if narcissism (and other personality disorders, for that matter) is a direct consequence of actually not getting that much needed attention from the beginning - due to circumstances or bad parents or whatever.
Iow, if no one ever bothers to show you that you in fact do matter, welp, then it's up to you to protect your own interests coz nobody else is going to, that's for sure. In essence, it's desperately making up for what you were deprived of in childhood (and never fully getting there since as an adult, you can never get the same care that you would normally be entitled to as a baby, always leaving you wanting more). Not to mention that the fact that you have to do it yourself means you get confirmed over and over again that really, nobody cares about you and you're somehow not worthy of that kind of attention (and seeing others care about others would then of course enrage you as you were denied that very thing, which...ironically, due to your behaviour, you're likely to be denied even moreso as an adult).
/brainfart.
Were those random thoughts, or based upon considering people you have seen and interacted with on the forum or IRL...?